Primitive Baptist (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Primitive Baptists (also known as Old-School Baptists) are a group of Baptists that have a historical connection to the missionary / anti-missionary controversy that divided Baptists of America in the early part of the 19th century. Those currently denominated Primitive Baptists consist of descendants of churches and ministers that opposed the Baptist Board of Foreign Missions (organized in 1814), as well as other additions to the church such as seminaries, Sunday schools, and temperance societies. Early leaders include Joshua Lawrence, John Leland, Daniel Parker, Sylvester Hassell, Wilson Thompson, and John Taylor. Other names by which Primitive Baptists are known are Predestinarian Baptists, Old-School Baptists, Regular Baptists, Particular Baptists, and Hardshell Baptists. The word "Primitive" is sometimes taken by those unfamiliar with Primitive Baptists to mean "backward," but in context of this division among Baptists, it means "original."